Specialist Physiotherapist - Complex Discharge | The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in England is offering an exciting part-time role to work with their Care Transfer Hub, focusing on the discharge of complex patients. The position runs from November 2025 to March 2026, requiring NHS experience and skills in discharge planning. Candidates will collaborate with occupational therapists to promote safe and timely patient transitions. Informal conversations are encouraged, and the role aims to deliver high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Must have NHS experience.
• Ability to assess and manage specialist caseload of complex patients.
• Experience in discharge planning using a home first mindset.

Responsibilities

• Work with occupational therapists to deliver complex discharge assessments.
• Manage tasks from a shared worklist aligned with your role.
• Ensure timely discharge of patients.

Skills

NHS experience

Discharge planning

Complex patient assessment

Autonomous practitioner

Cohesive service delivery

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work collaboratively with our Care Transfer Hub (CTH) to cover weekends on a fixed term contract from the 1st November 2025 - 31st March 2026. The purpose of this service is to enable the rapid discharge of complex patients listed on the no criteria to reside (NCTR) list and reduce length of stay.

Responsibilities

• You will work in conjunction with a specialist occupational therapist and a therapist assistant practitioner to deliver complex discharge assessments and planning.
• Tasks will be designated from a shared worklist that is aligned with your professional role.
• This is expected to be a fast paced work environment with a high turnover of patients and would therefore require a skilled, dynamic and confident individual.
• No expectation to join the on‑call respiratory rota.
• Informal conversations about the opportunity are welcome.

Qualifications

• Must have NHS experience.
• To assess, diagnose/interpret and manage own specialist caseload of complex patients as an autonomous practitioner in accordance with Professional Code of Conduct and Health and Care Professions Council Regulations.
• To undertake prompt discharge planning of complex patients, using a home first/discharge to assess mindset.
• Work in close co‑operation with colleagues within all Care Groups to deliver a cohesive service that is user led ensuring a consistently high standard of patient care, optimal patient flow that is safe and timely.
• Act as a source of specialist advice and support within the Therapy Centre and across the Trust and the wider health service.

Benefits

The Therapy centre is committed to the SaTH’s overall vision to provide excellent care for the communities we serve. As a member of the Therapy Services Team your contribution to the profession of Occupational Therapy will be integral in enabling patients to receive holistic assessment to enable them to recover and be discharged from the hospital environment.

The Care Transfer Hub (CTH) vision is very similar to our own: "Putting patients and their families first, we will work together through a multi‑agency approach to ensure people get the care and support they need upon discharge from hospital". CTH is a multi‑agency and inter‑disciplinary discharge team which launched in October 2024. It works in a seamless and integrated way across numerous partner organisations, spanning health, social care and the voluntary sector. CTH will proactively ‘pull’, and case manage the needs of a range of people with moderate and complex care needs and support these people safely to transfer via the most appropriate discharge pathway.

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.

This advert closes on Wednesday 22 Oct 2025